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I do like me some meaty forks, and pretty pictures! I may tear out the rear triangle (only part of original bicycle frame that remains) And put in a 4" I am not offering my services for crash test dummy! But I think they would take a good beating! :) Now for some BW! (cause everything looks...

This build has been going thru some growing pains; the first few rides I was forced to focus on getting the kinks out. It would make it around the block and then throw the chain, or bind the chain. Drive sprocket didn't set firmly against the axle, rear axle was bent and causing the rear...

Makin progress; added seat, and brakes in the front. I had considered making my own seat till this one turned up and just seemed to fit so nicely.

Now that is my kind of Bur-rat-o.. Very nice work! I look forward to seeing the patina

I agree gentlemen, and thank you for your feed back! I have been milling over the motorizing for a while! I cant do the 80cc, gotta be a v-twin. I would need a transmission attached, to me those single pumpers wide-open sound too lawnmower! Take it head on! Took a sheet of aluminum, drew...

Thanks fella's lets see if we hit the mark: Got the 3peice crank in and with the newly chopped twin chain ring, cut the chain to length, took it for a spin in the snow. There are some tid bits remaining; but that will have to wait till spring as my work schedule got really hectic! Here is how...

Luke; Noodle; Thanks, The connecting rod handlebars were inspired by some lamps I made! ;) On to progress: Slipped on the top two tubes: (gettin beefy) Ran into a bit of a problem on the bottom sections staying in place: To solve this and keep them held up against the lower portion...

Time to mock up: Ground down the original set post flush: This is starting to take shape nicely! There is still some room for fine tuning the look.. Tossed on the tires: for some reason the forks looked anemic to me, so I found some 2.125 OD, 1.5 ID aluminum tubing.. Chop saw...

Thanks mike! Its amazing what you can do with bubblegum, a shoe string and some creativity! Here is a quick mock up to get the head tube angle: (Luke I tossed on the connecting rod as a teaser) after a bit of welding and re-welding: Finished with the welding: Also took the time to...

Good Morning Rat Rodders! After a good fill of A-team music I chopped up and mocked up the frame with new down tube, extended the top tube 4". Had some waiting to do for the new head tube to arrive so I started to scour interwebz for random stuff, and look what arrived at my door...

Luke, Joosh, GD, and Billy thanks, it was a ton of fun to get it up and riding!

Thanks Luke! time for day two: So i massaged the look, added in a new seatpost tube, bringing the seat back and down. I welded up a little headtube fixture in an attempt to make the angular top tube fit a little better. I removed the chain guard on the front sprocket. Added in some shelving...

Brought you: Allow me to entertain Allow me again to entertain with the Dumpster Rat, this time a bit longer than a week! So I got this bicycle from the local dumpster: I wanted to do a Zero dollar build! There is a frame design that I wanted to try and this dumpster find is going to allow...

I absolutely love that low-slung look! Great work, I look forward to the final results!

First off; thanks to everyone following this thread, this bike was a learning experience for me. Now to hang some parts: Set of hydraulic brakes: Sprocket and crankset, bars painted, grips on, still needs chain and final adjustments: Finished product out for a photo shoot: Thanks...

Decided after much debate to try another direction for the paint, I found the whitest white my paint store could mix, and went to town: After flash and a few minutes it was off the the artist for the art: Now for some clear-coat before base completely cures: Gummy thick clear: Next...

After much coffee with the Machinist: I decided on a 10 out, 3 up 10 back welding complete: Quick mockup on the forks to see which is better. vs. backups: Next up paint!

Thanks fella's the process was a ton of fun (except the sanding) :mad: On to Priming, and filling all the dents and blemishes with filler and primer. All smoothed out: So two steps forward, one step back (its always that way right? :confused: ) I ordered up this .25" ISO disc brake...

Initial mock up; gotta get the fork tube lengths measured for cutting, and this will be the last time before it gets primer and I have to worry about leaving finger prints on it: With white walls installed! No sooner had I done this initial mockup a pare of 20" disc brake rims fell into...

Fair enough. On too day two of musings, I was pretty sure that I wanted to do a distressed metal look on the build as well as a custom art piece. First I had to get some sanding done: Working with 120-200 grit sand paper I was able to get a good portion of the clear coat that was protecting...